The original Grendel, Hunter Rose, returns in this comic book series written and drawn by Matt Wagner! This is an untold chapter in the life of the greatest criminal mastermind in history-a thrilling and horrifying glimpse into a time when Rose's novels were at the top of all the bestseller lists and rumors of the assassin Grendel were on the lips of every terrified mobster unfortunate enough to present an obstacle to Rose's utter domination of the city's underworld.